Minister for Gender Equality (Denmark)

The Minister for Gender Equality (Danish: Ligestillingsministeriet, literally Minister for Gender Equality) is a Danish ministry that works on improving equal gender rights across all other ministry areas. The first Minister for Gender Equality was appointed by the Prime Minister on July 1, 1999.

Ministers of Equality

Minister	Party	From	To
Jytte Andersen	Social Democrats	27 September 1999	21 December 2000
Lotte Bundsgaard	Social Democrats	21 December 2000	27 November 2001
Henriette Kjær	Conservative	27 November 2001	2 August 2004
Eva Kjer Hansen	Venstre	2 August 2004	12 September 2007
Karen Jespersen	Venstre	12 September 2007	7 April 2009
Inger Støjberg	Venstre	7 April 2009	23 February 2010
Lykke Friis	Venstre	23 February 2010	3 October 2011
Manu Sareen	Social Liberal Party	3 October 2011	Incumbent

Every Minister has held this title alongside another title. Jytte Andersen and Lotte Bundsgaard were also city and housing ministers. Henriette Kjær, Eva Kjer Hansen were social ministers. Karen Jespersen was also Social Minister, later welfare minister. Inger Støjberg was also employment minister and Lykke Friis was also climate minister. Manu Sareen, the first male Minister for Gender Equality, is also Church and Nordic Cooperation Minister.

External links

• Official site